It is a building of approximately 7.5 m high. Composed of a basement with two construction stages on which a temple sits, access is by a staircase located on the north side, also with two construction stages.

The first has 15 rough stone steps and the second has seven Puuc-style stone steps with alfardas.

The temple is made up of seven rooms, two of them with niches inside, one with evidence of mural painting with designs outlined in black and painted in blue, red and yellow.

Temple of the Painted Niches, Mayapan


The mural represents the facades of five temples where the niches, with red or blue spots arranged in a vertical line, symbolize the entrances; the temples rest on serpent heads with open jaws painted green, black, yellow, and red.

A staircase is attached to the north wall of the temple, where there was a sanctuary.

Temple of the Painted Niches